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February 22, 2013

U.S. Must Stop China's Bullying of Japan

Friedberg & Schoenfeld, RealClearWorld

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Over the past several years, Japan has been on the receiving end of much of China's belligerence. The perpetually insecure Chinese Communist party leadership appears to believe that confrontation with Japan will stir nationalist sentiment, buttressing its public support and its grip on power.

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TAGGED: South China Sea, Senkaku islands, Diaoyu Islands, Japan, China, Shinzo Abe, Barack Obama, United States

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